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The incredible story of the woman who fell 75 storeys in a lift (and survived)

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#TodayInHistory – July 28

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Hans Christian Andersen and his borrowed grave at Assistens Kirkegård in Copenaghen

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#TodayInHistory – July 27

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The strange story of why human urine was transported to quarries in North East Yorkshire

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#TodayInHistory – July 26

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Vicars’ Close: the oldest residential street in Europe that also features an optical illusion.

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#TodayInHistory – July 25

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Mad Honey: the hallucinogenic honey that can sell for over $60 a pound on the black market

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Light and air for everybody: the window tax imposed on English citizens in 1696

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#TodayInHistory – July 24

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• Abandoned Places

Port: the Irish ghost village off the map.

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#TodayInHistory – July 23

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• People, mysteries and stories

The unsolved mystery of Draga Mitrićević’s death

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#TodayInHistory – July 22

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• Lighthouses of the world

Svörtuloftsviti – Skálasnagaviti: a lighthouse in Iceland that boasts magnificent coastal views

6 years ago Robin

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#TodayInHistory – July 21

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

From baker to millionaire: the story of a man with a remarkable sense of entrepreneurship buried in Wiener Zentralfriedhof

6 years ago Pavel

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#TodayInHistory – July 20

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• Motors

The miniature Rolls Royce that costs as much as a real car

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#TodayInHistory – July 19

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The Aqueduct of Segovia, a glorious Roman heritage in Spain

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#TodayInHistory – July 18

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• Food

Italy’s Moka Coffee Pot: why the iconic item has become an endangered species

6 years ago Anya

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#TodayInHistory – July 17

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• Abandoned Places

What remains of Rosemary Farm and its lively past~

6 years ago Leo S

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#TodayInHistory – July 16

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• People, mysteries and stories

432 Abercorn Street: one of Savannah’s most haunted houses between history and urban legends

6 years ago Leo S

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#TodayInHistory – July 15

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• Lighthouses of the world

Kallur Lighthouse and the magnificent Kalsoy – Faroe Islands

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#TodayInHistory – July 14

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

August Kelnarič, the boy trapped in the pain of death at Pobrežje Cemetery

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#TodayInHistory – July 13

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Buford, Wyoming: Population 1 (and now zero)

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#TodayInHistory – July 12

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Torre Argentina – the Roman Cat Sanctuary

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Robert the Bruce: the never-say-die king (and the spider)

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#TodayInHistory – July 11

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• Food

Why we owe food regulation to a 19th-Century chemist who poisoned his colleagues

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#TodayInHistory – July 10

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Pidhirtsi Castle: one of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the Ukrainian’s eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted!

6 years ago Ivan

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#TodayInHistory – July 9

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